Oman has carried more than 12m passengers on over 90,800 flights in first ten months of the year
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Abha International Airport
Saudi visa update; UAE petrol prices; Dubai announces real estate strategy; GCC airport upgrades; New schools plan – 10 things you missed this week
Saudi visa update, UAE petrol prices, Dubai real estate strategy, GCC airport upgrades and more of the top news stories this week
Abha International Airport
GCC airports in expansion race as UAE, Saudi, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman spend billions of dollars on upgrades
Countries across the Arabian Gulf have put airports at the heart of ambitious tourism plans
Muscat International Airport
Oman airports transported 4.9m passengers by end of April
Muscat International Airport the busiest in Oman as it carries 4.4m passengers
Aviation
Oman airport travel up 71.5%
Oman air travel booming with huge increase in passenger numbers and flights
cultural sensitivity
Oman warns expats to avoid dressing in an ‘indecent way’ or face fines
Both men and women in Oman are expected to dress more modestly out of respect for the cultural sensitivities
Muscat
Muscat International Airport saw over 1mn passengers in January
Flights from Muscat International Airport, both international and domestic as well as outbound and inbound climbed 143 percent
Aviation
Oman to open $54.4mn Muscat airport runway in 2023: Report
Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is also working on other aviation projects to boost the sector
Aviation
Oman Air abandons fleet expansion plan as virus hits flights demand
Chairman of national carrier says it is to cut its fleet to 36 planes, down from the current 50
airport lounges
Oman issues new rules on duty free sales
The new ministerial decision includes a number of regulations procedures which also govern purchases and sales made in duty-free shops
Abu Dhabi
SalamAir begins four weekly flights from Abu Dhabi to Muscat
The budget airline operated three weekly flights to Salalah between July 2 and September 7, 2019
Aaditya Khimji
Watch the skies: why the time is right to tackle drones threat
Aaditya Khimji and Thorsten Chmielus explain why the proliferation of drones must be met by proper regulatory guidelines in order to prevent potential catastrophes in the future
Aviation
Oman Air cancels 300 flights amid ongoing Boeing 737 Max suspension
A number of Oman Air’s destinations remain affected by the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max
Aaditya Khimji
Drones experts call for increased regulation to avert possible airport disaster
Thorsten Chmielus and Aaditya Khimji are behind first ever drone detection system being installed at Muscat International Airport
Habitat Oman
Main contractor hired for Oman mixed-use project
Developer Tasmim names Unique Contracting as main contractor for its Habitat project, which is expected to complete by end-2021
Aaditya Khimji
Video: Deploying drone detection technology at Muscat airport
Muscat International Airport recently announced the deployment of drone detection systems in the surrounding airspace
Aaronia
Muscat airport to deploy drone detection system
The German-designed system uses radio frequency technology, rather than radar